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Latest appeals

Planning appeal decisions from Development Control Services, a partner of PlanningResource.

Click here to search the Compass Online database of 135,000 appeals.

Householder development

DC Casebook: Householder Development - Block paving drive fails porosity test

An enforcement notice directed against block paving at a house in Surrey has been upheld after an inspector found that it is not permitted development following a dispute over whether it is porous.

Gypsies and travellers

DC Casebook: Gypsies and Travellers - Gypsy site allowed in light of shortages

In the absence of alternative sites, an inspector has granted temporary permission for two adjacent Gypsy sites in the Kent countryside despite almost ten years of opposition from public authorities.

Agricultural uses

DC Casebook: Agricultural Development - Farm office change of use resisted

The conversion of a modern farm office in the North York Moors national park to an agricultural dwelling has been rejected, with an inspector finding no essential need for extra accommodation.

Commercial and industrial

DC Casebook: In depth - Recycling operation gets year to show mitigation measures work

A pipe-laying firm in Berkshire that started to recycle spoil from trench excavation has been allowed to continue the operation for a year to assess the effectiveness of environmental mitigation measures.

Agricultural uses

DC Casebook: Court Case - Case distinguishes development from use

Vehicle repairs must stop at a Buckinghamshire farm following a High Court ruling that the operations are not immune from enforcement of planning control.